Tag: Recipes
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Nanaimo bars
by David Stanley [We’re delighted to welcome David as our latest guest blogger. David is a travel writer based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Besides his work for print publications including the Lonely Planet series, he also runs several excellent travel websites, including GoNanaimo.com.] The sinfully rich Nanaimo bar takes its name from the city of…
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Weekend Mushrooms and Birthday Brunch
Having visited the Mushroom Bureau’s website (which I mentioned in a previous posting) I decided to have a go at making their Weekend Mushrooms. But, true to form, I can never follow someone else’s recipe and prefer to do things my own way – so here’s their recipe and mine. Weekend Mushrooms Ingredients 4 breakfast…
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Easy Butternut Squash Recipe
Cut the butternut squash in half lengthways and remove the seeds. Splash a bit of olive oil onto it, and roast in a hot oven for about 40 minutes, or until it’s soft. Then add some cream cheese flavoured with sage (or whatever else you fancy) into the hollow where the seeds used to be.…
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Thai Ingredients
Although you can learn a lot by eating authentic Thai food and from books (and websites!), I found that attending a Thai cookery school was a great benefit. The Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School was excellent. The classes were small, about six people, of various nationalities. The group I was in included Japanese and Israeli…